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[Bobby Roberts]

Via the Hollywood Reporter

dir: Stephen Daldry (possibly)

Stephen Daldry is Star Wars' new hope.

The Oscar-nominated director behind Billy Elliot and The Hours is in early talks to direct a Star Wars standalone movie centering on Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

Sources say talks are at the earliest of stages and that the project has no script. If a deal makes, Daldry would oversee the development and writing with Lucasfilm brass. It's not known at this stage if Ewan McGregor will reprise his role.

 

[SpaceWolf]

OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!

 

[BoogieWoogie]

For the record, Ewan McGregor hasn't agreed to this yet.

 

[-griffy-]

 

[Gleethor]

For the record, Ewan McGregor hasn't agreed to this yet.

For the record, he's going to.

 

[sixteen-bit]

I wonder if he'll meet back up with JarJar

 

[Trouble]

No Ewan, no sale.

 

[Vimes]

For the record, Ewan McGregor hasn't agreed to this yet.

If he does, I'm in.

Don't even care if it's bad.

 

[TissueBox]

Reprise, reprise, reprise!!

 

[- J - D -]

Least surprising news ever!

 

[Killer Queen]

Day -1

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

Holy fuuuuuuuuuuuck fuuckity tfucucucmcmc

 

[Boke1879]

For the record, Ewan McGregor hasn't agreed to this yet.

OH HE WILL

 

[BrokenFiction]

There is no universe that Ewan DOESNT reprise his role for this. CMON!

 

[johancruijff]

a surprise to be sure but a welcome one

 

[Lifejumper]

Anouncement coming in 1..2..3
EDIT: Thats a pretty allstar director.
EDIT: Took a closer look and uuuh... weird pick.

 

[Altazor]

Ewan or no sale.

Spoiler

Iain Glen might be an acceptable choice too

 

[Davide]

Spoiler

I'm excited but feels like a needless story to be told.

And should have gone with the director of Logan.

 

[Blader]

So as I was saying in the other thread...

Stephen Daldry?! Oh fuck, no. He's dreadful.

This is an even more disappointing director's choice than Trevorrow.

 

[sphagnum]

Glad the obvious is finally made obvious.

Now the question is how close it will be to ANH in the timeline.

 

[Stinkles]

YASSSS QUEEN!


Three good things in the trilogy story:

Darth Maul, Emperor Palpatine. And Obi Wan, who acted everyone else off the screen. Except McDiarmid.

 

[shandy706]

So, obviously, this would have to fall between Episode III and IV right?

I mean, if they went young Obi Wan (really young), then you couldn't use Ewan.

 

[Einchy]

Man, I'm actually surprised this is early and hasn't been in the works for forever.

For the record, Ewan McGregor hasn't agreed to this yet.

There's no way he refuses that big ass paycheck. He also likes being Obi-Wan, I believe.

 

[adj_noun]

Next they should do Yoda: the Crazy Years. Slowly losing his mind on Dagobah. Teaching rocks the alphabet. Singing softly to stumps. That kind of thing.

 

[Fury451]

Need Ewan confirmed before I care, otherwise we have a Han Solo "what's the point" situation.

 

[SpaceWolf]

I'm so thrilled about this.

I'm completely confident they'll ask Ewan back. He's an A-List actor with a huge following and a positive, proven relationship with the studios involved. Plus, he's publically expressed his enthusiasm to return for a potential spin-off for ages now.

He'll be back. There's absolutely no reason for him not to be.

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

So now we can figure out how Rey is related to Obi-Wan, cause let's be real, she probably is.

 

[Loxley]

In before someone suggests ditching McGregor and casting Iain Glenn instead.

 

[Seductivpancakes]

Adventures of young Obi Wan Kenobi and Quilan Vos. Do it!

 

[Vanille]

I still don't understand why this wasn't the first spin-off that Disney put into production. It makes so much sense.

 

[Master Yoshi]

YES.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

So as I was saying in the other thread...



This is an even more disappointing director's choice than Trevorrow.

Really? Daldry worse than Trevorrow?

That's kinda surprising to hear. I like Daldry. I mean, I'm not like a huge fan or anything but he's certainly not a director you'd expect to be assigned a Star Wars film, which makes me pretty interested in what he would do.

(Especially considering I think at one point LFL was considering Zack Snyder for something along these lines, so hey.)

Why the dislike for Daldry?

 

[WadiumArcadium]

 

[Skellig Gra]

Hard times for Obi Wan, having to work at the Blizzard Server Farm on Tattooine

 

[ViciousDS]

For the record, Ewan McGregor hasn't agreed to this yet.

lol,


the dude wants to do it.....and everyone wants him to do it.



He's not going to not do this.



So fucking happy this is finally going to happen

 

[Einchy]

 

[Infernostew]

And to think I thought there would be some creativity to these Star Wars films and not Disney just churning out "things we know". Yawn...

Edit: and Daldry... Nope. I'm out.

 

[Lebron]

Rey's origin story begins

 

[DrunkShogun]

If it's not Ewan don't bother. Give him a grey beard and let's add an adventure between 3 & 4.

 

[TheSecondSpitter]

Ewan McDonald or bust!

 

[Toa TAK]

I still don't understand why this wasn't the first spin-off that Disney put into production. It makes so much sense.

I'm still glad we got Rogue One first.

That said, Obi-Wan is the only dude I'd care to see a spin-off for. Barely.

 

[Sectorseven]

So now we can figure out how Rey is related to Obi-Wan, cause let's be real, she probably is.

Was she frozen in carbonite right before Obi-Wan bumped into Luke in ANH?

 

[BrokenFiction]

Really? Daldry worse than Trevorrow?

That's kinda surprising to hear. I like Daldry. I mean, I'm not like a huge fan or anything but he's certainly not a director you'd expect to be assigned a Star Wars film, which makes me pretty interested in what he would do.

(Especially considering I think at one point LFL was considering Zack Snyder for something along these lines, so hey.)

Why the dislike for Daldry?

I liked his work on The Crown. *shrug*

 

[Davide]

I still don't understand why this wasn't the first spin-off that Disney put into production. It makes so much sense.

What about it makes sense?

 

[JimJamJones]

 

[SpaceWolf]

In before someone suggests ditching McGregor and casting Iain Glenn instead.

Well...

Ewan or no sale.

Spoiler

Iain Glen might be an acceptable choice too

 

[brawly]

For the record, Ewan McGregor hasn't agreed to this yet.

You know he will though.

Otherwise

 

[Bobby Roberts]

And to think I thought there would be some creativity to these Star Wars films and not Disney just churning out "things we know". Yawn...

Congrats, you were the first to push all in on lazy, forced cynicism yawwnnnnn.

 

[Jumeira]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!

Ewan IS Obi, and he's the perfect age to pick up after RoTS

 

[MMarston]

And to think I thought there would be some creativity to these Star Wars films and not Disney just churning out "things we know". Yawn...

There's always one.